this Alcohol, Tobacco and Gun BureauThe former ATF official confirmed on social media that the (ATF) chief legal counsel was fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday.
Pamela Hicks posted on her LinkedIn page Pamela Hicks on my LinkedIn page Thursday, confirming the termination.
Hicks has served as chief adviser to the ATF since 2021 and has been in operation under the Biden Administration President Donald Trump First time management. She has been at the Department of Justice (DOJ) for 23 years overall and mailed to LinkedIn.
“Being the Chief Advisor of ATF is the highest honor of my career and working with the people at ATF, the entire department is delighted,” Hicks continued in her LinkedIn Post. “I thank my colleagues for their friendship and partners over the years.” relation.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi fired Pamela Hicks, chief legal counsel for alcohol, tobacco and guns on Thursday. (ATF/Getty image)
Hicks was escorted out of the ATF building after his dismissal, a source familiar with the termination said.
When asked about Hicks’ termination, the ATF told Fox News Digital. “As a general policy, the ATF does not comment on personnel matters, including but not limited to the existence of specific personnel issues, actions or ongoing investigations.”
The shooting follows a few Justice Department officials’ resignation or have been fired in recent days. At least seven federal prosecutors resigned in February at the Trump Justice Department to order corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, while Trump ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to “clean homes” on Tuesday People’s “cleaning home” American lawyers in the Biden era.

Attorney General Pam Bondi was identified as the 87th U.S. Attorney General on February 5. (Getty Images/Fox News Numbers)
“So I directed all the remaining ‘Biden era’ American lawyers to terminate. We must immediately ‘clean the house’ and restore confidence,” Trump wrote. “The golden age of America must have a fair judicial system – starting today!” Trump released socializing to the truth.
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Bondi, who was confirmed as the 87th U.S. Attorney General on February 5, joined the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) near Washington, DC on Thursday, where she noted the Justice Department’s political weapons left behind. “Pure” huge comes from the attention of the Biden administration to her.

Alcohol, tobacco, guns and explosives (ATF) headquarters visible in Washington, DC (Abundant Clement/Bloomberg by Getty Images)
“What worries me the most? How bad is it, and still so,” she said in a conversation with Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a live episode of his podcast “Derdict.” “We’re working hard. It’s daily work, but we have a great guy. On the first day, I sent out 14 execution orders. First, weaponization is over. Now it’s over. That’s what we do of.”
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Bondy added that the Justice Department was in a “worse” form than she expected.
“What’s worse is that the department has completely lost its mission to fight violent crime,” she said of the Justice Department. “Look at what they’ve done to President Trump. Look at weaponization. ”
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ATF transfers from the Ministry of Finance to Ministry of Justice in 2003under the Homeland Security Act (Homeland Security Act) Act, law enforcement agencies joined the U.S. Department of Justice to better combat terrorism after 9/11 after the U.S. reorganization of the federal government.